About NLG
Everyone has a unique language learning journey. No matter where you are in that journey, the right strategy can help you build the confidence you need to reach your goals. At Next Level German, we apply content- and language-integrated learning to our lessons to help accelerate your skill-building in all FIVE areas: speaking, listening, reading, writing and cultural understanding.
NICE TO MEET YOU
I'm Christine
After moving to Germany, I was hit with unexpected unfriendliness. Not exactly the way I expected to start my new life here! But with patience, effort and a little courage, I was conversant in a couple of years and well on my way to C2 level fluency.
Now I use what I’ve learned to help people just like you achieve the same. I’ll show you how to learn more, faster and easier, and make the most of your time in Germany!
Save More
Learn how to put more money aside each month.
Eliminate Debt
Cut debt from your life and create positive habits.
Invest Smarter
Learn how to invest and reach your goals faster.
My Story
I always knew I wanted to go far in life, so I worked hard to become the first person in my family to graduate from college. After graduation, I thought my future was a guaranteed success. Then once I started having to make student loan payments, my dreams of a better life seemed out of reach.
I felt frustrated and helpless, but I had worked too hard to let my dreams slip away. I dove into financial literacy and came up with a system that allowed me to eliminate debt, save more, and invest for my future. Now I empower others on their journey to financial freedom.
"Christine's lessons are so helpful. In just two months I was confident enough to start conversations with strangers, in German!"
- Martin Marino
"Last year, I couldn't understand a word of German. Thanks to Christine, I’m now writing German-language emails."
- Bill Bayaud
"From hiding at home to being out there living the expat life, Thank you, Christine!"
- Susan Smith
Why I Do It This Way
Language fluency is not a term I heard while growing up in Boston, a very culturally diverse city. While my parents did their best, I longed to know more, see more, do more, hear more ...and become multilingual. Our global community is so full of inspiring stories, this pushed me to aim higher. But despite my best efforts, learning in classrooms was tough.
Once I experienced immersion language learning in Mexico, it was clear to me that this was THE way to learn! After moving to Germany to learn German, I taught English to earn a living. Over the last 20 years, I've imitated the immersion method by integrating real-life activities and content into my language lessons. It's the same way that children learn languages, and they don't need a grammar book to do it. It's known today as CLIL (content- and language-integrated learning).
I realized that the methods I used could help others like me who wanted to learn naturally but didn’t grow up in multilingual families. So I made it my mission to show as many people as possible how this method allows them to use their own natural ability to learn languages. In this case, to learn German!
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